LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Shares in leading Scotland-basedfinancial companies all rose at the open on Friday after Scotsvoted to reject independence.
Shares in lenders Royal Bank of Scotland and LloydsBanking Group, both of which had said they would moveoperations to England in the event of a 'Yes' vote, were thebiggest movers, up 3.4 percent and 2.3 percent, to 2- and3-month highs, respectively.
Traded volume was particularly strong in RBS, at more thanhalf its 90-day daily average after less than 20 minutes oftrade.
Leading insurer Standard Life rose 1.8 percent to a2-month high in a FTSE 100 that was up 0.7 percent,while fund manager Aberdeen Asset Management climbed 2.2percent to a 10-day high.
Wealth manager St James's Place, Schroders and fund platform Hargreaves Lansdown, which haveclients north of the border, also got a boost, up between 2.1percent and 4.1 percent. (Reporting by Simon Jessop, Carolyn Cohn and Steve Slater;editing by Nishant Kumar)